Vic Opposition wants more firefighters

The Victorian Opposition says more firefighters are needed before summer.

The Victorian Opposition says the Government should increase the number of firefighters it is looking to recruit before next summer.

The Government is looking for 700 project firefighters to help with planned burning and other bushfire preparations.

The Opposition's spokesman for Bushfire Response Peter Ryan says more firefighters will be needed if the Royal Commission's recommended planned burns target is to be achieved.

"Recruiting the same number of personnel this year as it recruited last year, when it's faced with a recommendation saying it should triple the amount of the area burned, is a dreadful message to send country Victorians," he said.

"If [the Government] is looking to achieve what the Commission has recommended, namely three times the amount that has historically been the Government's target, then again obviously it is going to need to recruit a lot more people than it presently has, hundreds more."

A Government spokesman says it will make a formal response to the Royal Commission's findings in coming weeks, after it finishes community consultations.